Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 19, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-6172

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in captcha/captcha_image.php in the RWCards (com_rwcards) 3.0.11 component for Joomla!, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the img parameter.

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Affected products

Weberr/Com Rwcards
cpe:2.3:a:weberr:rwcards:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Joomla/RWCards (com_rwcards)llm-fuzzy
Range: 3.0.11

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/31892nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/32367nvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46081nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6817nvd

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